The nineteenth Common wealth games

The commonwealth games that will be organized in 2010 this year in india will be the nineteenth common wealth games. These games will be held in 3 October and 14 October 2010 in Delhi ...the capital of india. It is a matter of pride and honour that India has got a chance to host such a prestigious sports and the sportsman from all over the world will participate in these games.

This is the first time that india will be organizing commonwealth while second time in Asia. Before this Malaysia was the first Asian country where these games were organized in Kuala Lumpur in 1998.

The other bidder country who was in competition with india was Canada. For this bidding to take place a ballet of members were gathered in 2003 Jamaica where Delhi won it by a margin of 46 votes to 22. But for this it had to make other effort also as it had to make promise that Delhi would provide $ 100,000 to each participating country and not only that also the to and fro air tickets, its boarding, lodging and transport fares too.


List of Stadiums in Delhi that would be used to host the games:


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Commonwealth_Games

(1)The opening and closing ceremonies will take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi.Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi – Athletics, lawn bowls, weightlifting
(2)Dhyan Chand National Stadium – Hockey
(3)Indira Gandhi Arena – Archery, cycling, gymnastics, wrestling
(4)Delhi University sports complex – Rugby sevens
(5)Thyagaraj Stadium – Netball
(6)Siri Fort Sports Complex – Badminton, Squash
(7)Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range – Shooting
(8)Talkatora Stadium – Boxing
(9)SPM Swimming Pool Complex – Aquatics
(10)RK Khanna Tennis Complex – Tennis
(11)Yamuna Sports Complex – Table tennis